- 08:23 AM
- 11/23/24
My son played travel baseball for three years! He had a lot of fun, but it was a lot of hard work and he had to put in a lot of time! They practiced three times a week, and played baseball almost every weekend! I promise you it did not get him anywhere! In order for him to play high school baseball, he had to play league ball because the high school didn't even look at you if you didn't! It was probably the best move he ever made! He now plays for the high school and does a great job for them. We hope by the time he is a senior, he will be looked at by colleges, but if he isn't, we haven't spent his college fund travelling throughout the US for him to play baseball for the hopes that one day he might be a major league player!
posted by sdalebulldogsmom at 05:14 PM on March 13, 2005
Little League, Big Expectations
billsaysthis, thanks for the congrats. My son plays two sports of his own accord. He is 16 yo and if he did not want to play either sport, believe me, he would not. He is very strong willed and knows what he wants. He works very hard at both football and baseball although he probably works a little harder at football b/c of his love of the game. Of course today, coaches will tell you that a child should really "specialize" in only one sport, but why would you want to limit your child to only experiencing one sport! There are so many different sports for a child to enjoy! At one time, my son played football, basketball and baseball. As it turned out, he did not like basketball, so at the end of his season, he decided not to play again. We let him make that decision, believing it was not our decision to make. We feel if you make a child play a sport they do not want to play, they will not succeed in that sport.